Pracht

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See also: pracht

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁaχt/
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Rhymes: -aχt

Etymology 1

From Middle High German braht, from Old High German braht, from Proto-Germanic *brahtaz.

Noun

Pracht f (genitive Pracht, plural (rare) Prachten)

splendor, resplendence, magnificence, pomp
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
  Droben am Himmel funkelten die Sterne in seltener Pracht.
  Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.
- 1846, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, “Das große Welttheater”, in Joseph von Eichendorff, transl., Geistliche Schauspiele, J.G. Cotta, page 66f.:
  Doch, daß des Festes Dichtung, / Wie sich's gebühret, auch mit allen Prachten / Der Scenerie und mit dem Schmuck der Trachten / Ergötzlich blende, / So rüste du verschwendrisch und behende / Die holden Scheine, / Daß Jeder Wirkliches zu schauen meine.
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Declension

Declension of Pracht

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pracht	die	Prachten¹
genitive	einer	der	Pracht	der	Prachten¹
dative	einer	der	Pracht	den	Prachten¹
accusative	eine	die	Pracht	die	Prachten¹

¹Rare.

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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Pracht n (proper noun, genitive Prachts or (optionally with an article) Pracht)

A municipality in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Declension

Declension of Pracht

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Pracht
genitive	des	Prachts, Pracht¹
dative	dem	Pracht
accusative	das	Pracht

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

“Pracht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Pracht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Pracht” in Duden online
Pracht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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